Railway-rail tie and rail-fastener.



E. N. HARRIS. RAILWAY RAIL TIE AND RAIL PASTENEH.

APPLICATION FILED D3017, 1913.

Patented Sept. 15, 1914.

THE NORRIS PETERS CO PHOTO'LITHU. WASHINGTON, D c

"Evans N. HARRIS, OF mazes, ivr'rs's'o'uitji.

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1 Specification o'fiLetter's iatent.

Application filed December '17 1913. Serial No, 807,274. a j

T0 allie /tom it may concern. Be it known thatI, EVANS N. HARRIS, citizen of the United States, residing-at Frazer, in the countybf Buchanan and State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Rail Ties and Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is'a specification. I

.This invention relates to improvements in railway ties and railfasteners, of the class wherein the tie isformed wholly of metal bent tothe required shape, and has for one of,its objects to improve, the construction and increase the efficiency and utility of devicesof this character. k r

, Another object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed device whereby the fastening devices maybe adjusted to rails of various sizes and forms without material; structural change, and wherein the rails are firmly clamped in position and effectually prevented from spreading or being otherwise displaced.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the 'inven-- tion-i' .Figure 1 is a plan View of a portion 'of one of the improved tiesxand the rail fastener with a portion of a rail arrange'dthereon. Fig. 2 is a section on theline 2 2of; Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is aside elevation, of .a'por; tion of atie with the rail fastener appl -ied thereto. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the improved tie and one of the rail fasteners with a section of rail arranged thereon. Fig.

5 is a detached perspectiveview of one of the rail engaging combined holding and brace members.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The improved tie is constructed from a single plate of metalbent into the required shape. The tie may be of any required length or dimensions, but will generally be the same size as an ordinary tie, about 8 ft.

long, 6 in. high and 10 in. wide, but these dimensions may be Varied as required.

The improved tie comprises a body including a base or lower portion 10 and an upper or bearing portion 13 extending in parallel relation, and vertical :webs 11 -12 spaced apart. At their edges the webs .1l '12ar'e bent laterally into parallel relation to r the body members, allflbut one of the -laterally bentzportions: of the webs being integral with r Patntees pt 15', 1914.

the body members, "while the remaining lat= erally bent portion is fastened as at 19 to one "of'gthe: body members, "for instance'the body member 13,-as represented in "Fig; '4. By this meansayery compactand durable tubular tie structure is produced which requires no otherfastening devices except the single row of rivets19.

"The tie is constructed from a single plate of metal bent intothe required shape,*and

can thus be inexpensively manufactured, and is very strong and durable as the parts mu-' tuallybrace and support each other. The

rails, indicated conventionally at 22, bear transversely of the member 13, and bearing overfitheties are combined stops and brace members 23 andfsecured to the ties by rivets 24. Byth'ismean's theirails are effectually prevented from spreading, and heldv firmly in position-J The upper member 13'ofthe tie is provided with longitudinal slots '25 externally of the. stop members 23 and like- .wise provided twithwlongitudinal slots 26 spaced inwardly fromxthe'slots 25.'-Disposed (within theinteriorrof the tie and between -the webs 1l12 are rail engagingde- Vices sincludingbase members 27'28 having depending lugs I 29 -30 through which a s am m mb .1 x nd each c amp m mhaving a head32 at one end and a nut 33 at the other end engaging respectively against the outer faces of the lugs. By this; means the members 27-28 together with their lugs 29-30 or other similar suitable fastening devices .9 maybe forcibly draw q: 7

toward each other.

' Rising from the basemember 27 is an integral rail flange engaging member 34 which extends through theslot'25 and bears over the upper face of the flange of the rail at one side of the web/Rising from the base '28 is another flange engaging member 36 which extendsthrough the slot 26' and bears over the upper face of thefiange of the rail at the other side of the web. The members 34-36are spaced fromthe inner ends of the lugs 2930 so that the inner ends of the lugs bear beneath the upper portion, 13 of'the tie and coact with the portions 34and 36 to firmly support and clamp the rail in position andprevent it from displacement'relative tdthetie; The base portions 27 2 8 of the rail holding devices, are wider than the 1 slots 2526, andthus bearat their sides beflange engaging membersland the rails.v The upper} facesvof fthe .fianges being'inclined downwardly and outwardly from the web the :inward -.mo;ve1nent of: the holding members caused by cther operation 40f the clamp deViceBl produces a, strong downwafdpressure upon the rails and binds them firmly to Q 1 flThe; improved" ClQVlCG'alSISlmPl G' in construction, effectual "in operation 'fand supports the rail withont'the necessity for using spikes, or clamp device's other than the members 31. =The'improved' device can also be p I out-turnedqat theiriedg'es-and-extending in v parallel relation .withthebodymembers, all '1 whenrequired.

i readily disconnected for replacingbroken or impaired parts, or 'for releasing a the rail it Having thus described the invention, What 1s claimed asnewiszmetal railwa'ytie forme'd' from a'single; plate bent to shape andiincluding body members extending in parallel relation," and vertical webs,nathe websibe'ing directed out-'- wardlyyat their'edgesand extendingin pa'r-' a llel ,zrelationlwiththe zbodyy-members, and

fastening means uniting; one out-turned edge 2} ALmetal railway tie; forinedfrom 'a' single plate bent to. shape andincluding1 body members extendingin "parallel relation,- and E Vertical Webs spaced apart thegwebs' being being integral with the body. members, and "fastening 'm'e'ans Uniting the remaining outturned portion-with one of the body members.

- v3. A-metal railway-tie formed froma single plate bent to shape and including" upper and lower member's continuous from side to parallel relation and-vertical WBlOS' spaced apart, the webs being out-turned at their edges and extendin'g in parallel relation to biitjjone of the laterally directed side and from end to end and extending in the'bottom and out-turned at their-up er edges and extending in parallel relation to the top, and wfastening means nniting one 5. A metal 7 p I gleplate bent tOjSl'lfiPG and torntied-with a edges and extending inparallel relation to the top, rail-engaging stops bearing over said top, and fastening devices-extending through said railengaging stopand'through ithetop of the tie 10f theiwebs. 1 ,7 f In-testimony whereof I afiix my'signatnre in presenceof two witnesses.

a EVANS N.

=' DWitnesses:

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I Washington, new"; a I p out turned; edge of one of the webs v to the railwaytie forme'd'trom a sina and the out-turned edges .bottom, Vertical webs spaced apart and a top, the webs beingout-turned at their lower I edges and extending inparallelrelatiomto v the bottom and out-t'urned at their upper 

